NSL is a quick look at basic stats and where Nebraska ranks in all of FBS as well as the Big Ten. I pull out some random stats the dart landed on carefully curated statistics and then analyze where the numbers match the eye test.
There are 134 teams playing FBS football in 2024. The chart below is broken into quintiles the top 20% is colored dark green. These are followed by light green, yellow, light red and then dark red boxes where Nebraska ranks in the bottom 20%. The same pattern follows the Big Ten where a top 3 rank is dark green, 4-7 is light green, 8-11 is yellow, 12-15 is light red, and 16-18 is dark red.